UN-DESA • UNDP

Third Training Workshop
Gran Melia Hotel, Jakarta
30 March–2 April 2010

The third workshop of the project "Realizing the MDGs through Socially Inclusive Macroeconomic Policies in Asia" was held during 30 March–2 April, 2010 in Jakarta, Indonesia, organized by UN-DESA/DPAD and the UNDP Country Office in Indonesia. It was attended by the expert teams and policymakers frSom Indonesia, the Philippines, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

The main objectives of the workshop were to:

• Take stock of advances in the compilation of all required data bases;
• Discuss estimation of MDG-related elasticities and parameters;
• Run core versions of country models and produce baseline scenarios;
• Introduce and implement microsimulation methodology;
• Plan next steps for finalizing the project by the end of 2010.